Hi Pipman and welcome to retirement. Ok, I also have an I-Pad and guess what. I have yet to use it. I am enjoying the Kindle Fire. I have the 7″ and the l0.” When I have a doctor or dental appointment I gravitate to the smaller one because it fits in my purse. Besides it does the same thing as the larger one. I can read a book or a magazine while I wait or I can surf the internet since most physicians have wifi. My larger Fire is mostly used at night when I cannot sleep. I am addicted to jigsaw puzzles which are free to download and best of all you get freebies when you least expect it. They do have sales from time to time as well which costs $.99. The fonts in both machines are good and you can make the fonts larger or smaller depending upon your likes. In all the machines I do read the latest news from papers and also from MSN. Weather reports are a high priority now that hubby and I are in Florida. In other words these tablets can do just about anything your computer can do. Also, where we live in Florida, we have Spectrum. In the Northeast where we also have homes we have Comcast. If I had a choice of the two I would choose Spectrum hands down. There customer service staff are good and reliable. I love when we head North that I can put all their services on seasonal hold for up to nine months. I also like that if you shut your phone down they have an answering device that not only works while you are away but also when the services go down. Back to the Kindle. I initially purchased two 7″ with only 8 GB. These were the frist two shown on HSN. From that one I purchased the 10″ from Amazon with 32GB. I like the 10″ also for watching videos and movies. The sound quality could be better, but you could always hook them up to a speaker that is also wifi and pair the two. Best thing, I can take the speaker into any room without the Kindle and listen to the music I love. If you decide to invest in a Smart TV down the road, you really will not need ROKU or Amazon, but rather purchase the channels you want from places like HULU. Amazon in most cases is already on the list as is public television.